On the evidence of endless slow motion replays no one can tell whether it's deliberate. Not a mark on Parker, no appeals or complaints from any of the Spurs players, Mario goes to check Parker is ok. In a court of law not a chance of a conviction so earlier today I was advocating an appeal on the basis that it might succeed because with the dodgy evidence there was no way the FA would increase the ban. Foolishly I forgot it's not about the evidence now that Webb the Rag has ruled on it. I really don't buy the view held on here by some that it was deliberate - you just can't tell. In fact based solely on the evidence Lescott's elbow is far more deserving of a charge and Crouch's actions which could have blinded Ollson are the worst of the lot.
What really gets me is those on here who don't give our player the benefit of the doubt. You expect it of the man who opens a bank account in his dog's name, of Souness one of the dirtiest bastards to ever play football and of the Press who are there to sell papers - nothing else. But I don't expect it from the likes of Paul Simpson whose comments on TV were a disgrace.